EXTREMELY well developed 15,604 hectare (38,558 acre) property Slogan Downs has sold before auction.
Offered by the Gear family, the property was sold on a walk in, walk out basis including about 2000 very good quality EU accredited Santa cattle and plant and equipment.
Neither the buyer or the sale price have been disclosed. However, the sale price is understood in the upper end of the $8000-$12,000 beast area range, in line with Central Queensland values.
The long term estimated carrying capacity is between 2800 and 3000 adult cattle equivalents.
Slogan Downs was scheduled to be auctioned by Nutrien Harcourts in Townsville on Thursday.
The property has been extensively developed in recent years with the completion of a scrub pulling and seeding program, water and fencing upgrade programs as well as new cattle yards.
Located 80km south of Charters Towers, Slogan Downs is described as being well suited to any combination of a fattening, breeding or backgrounding operation.
The generally flat to gently undulating property has a mix of pulled, open downs and timbered country, traversed by Victoria and Spring creeks.
The heavy carrying country has melon-hole, heavy cracking black soil and scrub soils with a limited area of sandier alluvials.
These stronger areas are either open black soil downs or pulled gidyea and blackwood country. Smaller areas of brigalow and bendee have also been cleared.
A PMAV vegetation map is locked in, enabling the pulling and seeding of most of the property.
The regrowth area has since been treated with Graslan.
The property is divided into nine main, four smaller and seven holding paddocks.
There has been about 100km of new fencing constructed in recent years, including an extensive lane system.
There are four sets of cattle yards including the two main yards with double decker loading ramps.
The exceptionally well watered property has three bores and 16 dams, which are interconnected.
The homestead complex includes the recently renovated main home, donga quarters, machinery sheds, workshop, hay shed, and horse complex.
The marketing of Slogan Downs was handled by David Woodhouse, Nutrien Harcourts.
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